Mortgages Borrowers with mortgage troubles must wait a period of time before seeking another loan. Behind the Wheel | 2011 Chrysler Town & CountryThe company says the new minivan has been only re-engineered a bit, but the van feels like an all-new, and better, vehicle. New Cars SearchUsed Cars SearchMore in Automobiles Corner Office: John W. Rowe John W. Rowe of Exelon, the electric utility, says he learned early in his career that it’s always important to take action — “to always be looking for something to do that moves the ball.” Find the best job in the New York metro area and beyond. Continue reading →
I would add a sixth reason: how cool would it be to render out your next idea for a Kickstarter Campaign? Continue reading →
Samuel Corum/Corcoran College of Art and Design João Silva has been around the most dangerous spots in the world for most of his adult life. Since making his name as one of the most adventurous chroniclers of the clashes between the African National Congress and Inkatha Freedom Party that ripped apart his country of South Africa in the early 1990s. From there, Silva became one of the most widely seen combat photographers in journalism, with his shots of frontline carnage from war zones around the world seen by newspaper readers everywhere. With the outbreak of the war in Afghanistan, Silva was one of The New York Times' lead shooters in what would become the United States' longest war. Though a treacherous country, Afghanistan had long ... Continue reading →
0:01 Scripted Scenes Using actors is not a common tactic for political attack ads, but in this case, Crossroads felt that a scripted story would soften a tough message about a set of complicated issues. 0:21 Rebranding "Change" The ad features repetition of the word "change." Many focus group participants cited the Obama mantra of hope and change as a reason they supported him in 2008, but said that they now felt let down. 0:33 Softening, but Still Attacking The ad still uses traditional accusations, but it veils them in the scripted narrative to blunt the attack. And while not offering any wholly inaccurate facts, the ad oversimplifies the president's positions on issues like raising taxes and spending, making them sound much more absolute than ... Continue reading →
Anything Amanda Cox is good. chartsnthings: On Thursday Facebook had the third-largest I.P.O. ever. In the week leading up it, my colleague Amanda Cox spent some time thinking how to best explain and contextualize this offering to readers. What follows is a series of sketches from Amanda, who shared her project folder with me for this… Continue reading →
… these coding initiatives haven’t been great at communicating: that “learning to code” and “becoming a programmer” are not the same thing, and that doing the former in a time when software encapsulates nearly everything we do is personally empowering. There is indeed a distinction. Continue reading →
